John Pope

John Pope (16 March 1822-23 September 1892) was a Major-General of the US Army during the American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars.

Biography
John Pope was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1822, and he graduated from West Point in 1842. Pope served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War, serving under Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Monterrey and the Battle of Buena Vista before being promoted to captain. Pope served as an engineer during the 1850s, and he was promoted to Brigadier-General at the start of the American Civil War. Pope commanded the Army of the Mississippi at the start of the war, capturing New Madrid in Missouri before taking Island No. 10. In March 1862, he was promoted to Major-General and sent to the Eastern Theater after the capture of Corinth, and he commanded an army of 70,000 Union